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13 Cards in this Set
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computer program
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Series of instructions that directs computer to perform tasks
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Programming language
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used to communicate instructions
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Low-level language
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*Machine-dependentruns only on one type of computer *Machine and assembly languages are low-level |
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High-level language |
Often machine-independentcan run on many different types of computers and operating systems |
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machine language |
*Only language computer directly recognizes *Uses a series of binary digits (1s and 0s) with a combinationof numbers and letters that represent binary digits |
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assembly language
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Instructions made up of symbolic instruction codes, meaningful abbreviations and codes |
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Source program |
contains code to be converted to machine language |
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procedural language |
*Programmer writes instructions that tell computer what to accomplish and how to do it *Uses series ofEnglish-like words to write instructions *Often called third-generation language (3GL) |
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compiler |
Program that converts entire source program into machine language before executing it |
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interpreter |
*Program that translates and executes one program code statement at a time *Does not produce object program |
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COBOL |
*Designed for business applications *English-like statements make code easy to read, write, andmaintain *COmmon Business-Oriented Language |
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C |
*Powerful language originally designed to write systemsoftware *Requires professional programming skills |
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object-oriented programming (OOP) language |
Used to implementobject-oriented design |
